Roger Shimomura

American Guardian
2007

A stylized print depicting a silhouette of a soldier in the foreground with a rifle, overlooking a scene of wooden barracks surrounded by clouds of smoke. In the background, there are mountains with a hint of purple and blue hues. A small figure on a bicycle is visible in the lower left, moving between the buildings. The artwork has a limited color palette, primarily using shades of yellow, black, and brown.
A stylized print depicting a silhouette of a soldier in the foreground with a rifle, overlooking a scene of wooden barracks surrounded by clouds of smoke. In the background, there are mountains with a hint of purple and blue hues. A small figure on a bicycle is visible in the lower left, moving between the buildings. The artwork has a limited color palette, primarily using shades of yellow, black, and brown.

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Date
2007

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 31 5/8 × 43 1/8in. (80.3 × 109.5 cm) Image: 27 1/8 × 39in. (68.9 × 99.1 cm)

Accession number
2008.41

Edition
4/50 | 6 APs, Ed. I-XIV, 3 PPs, 2 TPs, RTP, 4 Lawrence Lithography Workshop impressions

Publication
Printed and published by Lawrence Lithography Workshop

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
©Roger Shimomura

API
artworks/33728

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